The Committee of “Visit Korea Year” are hosting the “2011 K-Pop Cover Dance Festival”, which aims to bring K-pop fans from all around the world to show off their dance moves from their favorite Korean tracks.

The second round for this event is underway. The first stop for the second round was held in Moscow, Russia on September 6th and for the Moscow stop, the boys of SHINee personally appeared to judge the dancers. MBC will air the contest through an eight-part special show titled, “K-Pop Cover Dance Festival Road Show 40120″

On September 6, Avex Entertainment released the first promotional video (PV) teaser for DBSK‘s title song “B.U.T (BE-AU-TY)” in their upcoming 5th Japanese album “TONE” on their YouTube channel. To the excitement of Japanese fans, DBSK performed their new title song at the SM TOWN concert in Japan last weekend.

The promotional video reveals Yunho and Changmin dancing in a closed-area scenario. Once again, they show their synchronized dancing skills which was choreographed by Marty Kudelka (who is the choreographer for American artists such as Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake) and assisted by Gregory Hwang and Mihawk K. Back.Continue reading →

Super Junior‘s Heechul will finally be entering the military to fulfill his 2 year mandatory services to his country on September 1st. He is the 2nd Super Junior member following Kangin, who is set to return next year, to enter the military. After the news was reported, many fans expressed their sadness as well as farewells to Heechul.

It was revealed by SM Entertainment that “they [Heechul and Leeteuk] wanted to enlist quietly without any commotion.”

Late on Wednesday, August 31st, Heechul tweeted a photo of himself with his new buzz cut ahead of entering the military and said that he reminded himself of the female singer Choonja, who is known for her shaved head.Continue reading →

After shocking fans with her official relationship with fellow actor Lee Min Ho, Park Min Young surprised everyone today with a new look for her newest endorsement, and two new photos from her photo collection have been revealed.

According to her management company King Kong Entertainment, Park Min Young’s radical transformation was for the smartphone brand Sony Ericsson. In the photos, Park Min Young sheds her innocent image as she struts a more edgy look for the new campaign.Continue reading →

CNBLUE are the 3rd reported case where a Korean group was denied entry to Japan due to visa problems. FNC Music told 10Asia that CNBLUE arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on August 31st and were denied entry into the country as the group were not issued Visas.

According to FNC Music, “CNBLUE’s agency in Japan informed us that the boys did not need a Visa for this visit since it was for unprofitable reasons but the customs office rejected their entry saying that they will need a Visa because their activities will lead to future profits later on.”Continue reading →

Super Junior will be releasing a ‘Version B’ of their 5th full-length album, “Mr. Simple“!

On August 18th, SM Entertainment revealed that Version B will contain the same 12 tracks included on the original album, but this time, the song “Superman” has been added, thus bringing the total amount of songs to 13.